This is why the Medical Board will never be able to assess GPs properly
My family received a wonderful welcome when we arrived in Australia to start our new life. On the flight over from the US, my husband…
Dr Pam Rachootin
Dr Rachootin is a GP in Adelaide, SA.
Dr Pam’s fight to help her teen patient with an eating disorder
So, let me tell you about my day trying to help a young adult with an eating disorder. She was ineligible for follow-up from the…
7 visions for 2020 – this GP looks ahead
In preparation for the new year, Dr Pam Rachootin lays out her ideal plan for the future of medicine.
New CPD: ‘Costly in time and costing our sanity, eroding our leisure, promoting profanity’
GP Dr Pam Rachootin reflects upon the proposed new CPD changes while waxing lyrical about her much-loved 'Seide'.
Amazing 90-year-olds and why this GP attends funerals
The elderly are sources of fascination to Dr Pam Rachootin, and she justifies taking an interest in their lives.
Dr Pam on becoming a ‘mormor’ grandmother
Becoming a grandmother is a joy that has brought me closer to my patients, writes Dr Pam Rachootin.
I’ve been forced to give my patients the silent treatment
I wanted to shout at my elderly patient. Instead I sat there and smiled. I can't tell you how unsatisfactory the consult was from my perspective, w…
For GP care, the NBN is just a New Bloody Nuisance
'How's your day been?' asks the service provider. A mini explosion in me detonates. So-called 'advanced' technology irks me no end, writes Dr Pa…
How to make the most out of getting fired
'You're a bunch of greedy f---wits,' I told one of the practice partners at the time. In hindsight, losing my job was the kick-start I needed, writ…
Mental health care plans send me psycho
We GPs don't develop relationships with our patients over years or decades just to be relegated to a paper shuffler, writes Dr Pam Rachootin.
